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Recent Examples of bloodletting
Kyle Dubas, the Penguins’ president of hockey operations, might not be planning the same kind of bloodletting.
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But that doesn’t mean the bloodletting is over, at least at Sony.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The trailer goes hard and heavy on the bloodletting, along with some cameos from other DC characters like Viola Davis’s Amanda Waller.
—Eric Francisco, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2024
New York Mayor Eric Adams lost his last close City Hall ally Friday as the pressure of a federal bribery indictment and multiple investigations forced an administrative bloodletting at the top of America’s biggest city.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But that doesn’t mean the bloodletting is over, at least at Sony.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The trailer goes hard and heavy on the bloodletting, along with some cameos from other DC characters like Viola Davis’s Amanda Waller.
—Eric Francisco, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2024
New York Mayor Eric Adams lost his last close City Hall ally Friday as the pressure of a federal bribery indictment and multiple investigations forced an administrative bloodletting at the top of America’s biggest city.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
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Netanyahu Postpones Gaza Ceasefire Deal Over Hamas 'Last Minute Crisis' By Ellie Cook Security & Defense Reporter 2 In the shadow of an imminent ceasefire and hostage deal to end 15 months of bloodshed in Gaza, the future of the devastated Palestinian enclave is still uncertain.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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The back-and-forth is inevitable given the striking timing of an agreement that — finally — holds out some hope of an end to a period of catastrophic bloodshed.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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After Luigi Mangione allegedly killed Brian Thompson, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare—Mangione has pleaded not guilty—the fact that large numbers of Americans approved of the murder seemed, to some, like proof that the health-insurance system had failed.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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The White House also sought to tackle transnational repression by issuing a travel ban on Saudi citizens connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and by tasking federal agencies to reach out to diaspora communities across the United States.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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With dead-eyed thoroughness, their avatars kill around 100 characters a day — slaughters that simultaneously advance the siblings’ online progress and strengthen their real-life bond.Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles will remain under a Red Flag Warning on Thursday as multiple fires across the county have caused unprecedented and historic carnage and destruction, wasting away 45 square miles, amounting to the size of the city of San Francisco.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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The highest-profile killings were the murders of Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa Mickens, 15, in Brentwood on Sept. 13, 2016.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The department had long engaged in mistreatment of the city’s Black community and been plagued by high-profile scandals including a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and an attempt to cover up police killings of unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, although the 1921 report asserts that the massacre (then called a riot) was not the result of 'racial feeling,' perpetrators of the massacre overtly expressed and acted upon racial bias.Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Meagan Ann Dixon, 44, is charged with murder, child endangerment and multiple counts of cruelty to animals in connection to the slayings, Sutter County Superior Court records show.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The slaying happened one week after the funeral of Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, who was fatally shot Dec. 29, 2022, during a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Tate added that residents have expressed interest in utilizing animal byproducts, such as eggs, honey and even feathers for textiles, noting that animal butchery is only at licensed slaughterhouses — not at residential properties.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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This small neighborhood restaurant focuses on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table, emphasizing minimizing waste and supporting a sustainable food system in the Great Lakes region.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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